Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: September 10, 1974
Place of Birth: New Castle, Delaware, USA
Sign: Sun in Virgo, Moon in Cancer
Relations: Wife: Reese Witherspoon (actress); daughter: Ava Elizabeth Phillippe; sisters: Kirsten, Lindsay, Katelyn
Education: High School

Facts about Ryan Phillippe:

Ryan was "discovered" while getting a haircut and given the number of an agent. The agent signed Ryan immediately and told him to lose his Philadelphia accent and move to New York. Seven months later Ryan landed his first job.

Ryan Phillippe was paid $500,000 for his role in Cruel Intentions and $1,000,000 to star in Antitrust.

He is a good friend of Sarah Michelle Gellar.

He turned down the role of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, because of the age difference bewteen Natalie Portman and himself.

Ryan's sister got a part in I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, but got kicked out.

Has a bulldog named Frank (after Frank Sinatra) and Reese has a chaw called cheech.

Was nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance in 2000 for CRUEL INTENTIONS and Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor - Horror in 1998 for I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.

His first role was Bobby on the soap opera One Life to Live. Bobby was the first gay teen character on daytime television. "I got letters from teens telling me it changed their life," he says proudly.

You know you're successful when... He's joined forces with two other actors, Seth Green (Buffy) and Breckin Meyer (Road Trip), and they've formed their own production company.

He was considered for a role in THE PATRIOT (2000), but lost out to Heath Ledger.

Don't mess with the man or his family, as he has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and warns "I will take physical action." He used to compete in tournaments when he lived on the East Coast. Another passion is snowboarding: "I almost gave up acting to pursue snowboarding, but I'm too old now. I'd hurt myself."

Ryan and Reese Witherspoon met at her 21st birthday party, although he almost didn't go. She calls him "the gushiest, most romantic boy." Lucky for Reese, Ryan knows lots about child-rearing as his mom ran a daycare center from their house.

His last name is often mis-spelled Philippe as opposed to Phillippe (double L).

Personal quotes:

"I would show up for work and look at the pairs of tight, shiny shorts or jeans that made up our "54" wardrobe and wonder if we were making Showgirls.."
- Ryan Philippe US Weekly. Issue 304.

[Ryan Phillippe on working and being with Reese on the film CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999)]: It was great. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn't have as colorful a role as Sarah's and mine, but she did an amazing job. Really elevated the piece.

"I have insecurities about the way I look. I look in the mirror only when I have to and even then I don't see anything special. I always find it amusing when I'm boiled down to my appearance because my looks are such an insecurity with me."
- Ryan Philippe

"I'm fine with being sensitive and crying"
- Ryan Phillippe

"Celebrity is very seductive, and it manifests itself in the way people decide to infiltrate your life."
- Ryan Philippe